Sgt. Largent":16z5soms said:Maelstrom787":16z5soms said:Sgt. Largent":16z5soms said:Maelstrom787":16z5soms said:Seems a lot of people here think the concept of SHARED responsibility is equivalent to NO responsibility.
There isn't a single scapegoat here. Pete didn't call a great game, Schottenheimer couldn't adjust the playcalling to mitigate execution issues in all facets of the offense, the defense couldn't hold on long enough when the offense kept giving LA the ball back, Russ had a terrible game, and DJ Reed can't hold onto the ball.
Plenty of blame to go around, which upsets people who can't approach football with a nuanced point of view and need a singular scapegoat to kick into the pit of misery.
Also, the Chargers were dumb to fire Marty Schottenheimer. Let's not gloss over that. They immediately got worse after doing so and had no additional postseason success.
You're talking about the game, we're talking about the future and organization as a whole and what that looks like.
What it looks like is what it's looked like for the past 4-5 years. That should be a sobering thing for everyone.....this is the pinnacle of the rest of Pete and Russell's tenure, good but never again great.
Nuance and scapegoating has nothing to do with it. This is it, enjoy being above average and don't have expectations beyond this.
The entire first half of the OP was most referencing the game, though. I suppose I should have quoted it to make it more clear I was responding specifically to that.
I think its far more likely that Pete and Co. recapture some of the early-2020 magic, sustain it, and win another championship. The alternative blow-it-up method is far more likely to result in worse results than it is better results.
That's beside the point, though. As far as responsibility for the wall they hit in the playoffs year after year, I think there's plenty to go around.
I certainly am not in the blow it up camp.
I am in the Pete needs to give up control of the offense in order to attract the type of young dynamic coordinator that could maximize the potential of the roster talent and Russell.
But this is a non starter dead horse conversation, we all know Pete would never do that.
Well, he didn't when he had Norm Chow as his OC and they won two National Championships. I remember it very well as I lived in LA those years and knew several LA times staff reporters. The word was that Norm was getting a massive amount of adulation and attention for his offensive success and creative play calling. But good ole PC couldn't stand another coach taking attention from himself, so they arranged for Chow to be the OC for Fisher with the Titans and PC went with inexperienced OC's he could control. He never really sniffed another championship after that move.
Sound familiar?